After the Bulls and many other teams were stiffed when LeBron James and the other two amigos took the mega-millions from the Miami Heat, the Chicago Bulls needed to make a splash on the free agent market, and they did, signing Carlos Boozer. So far, Boozer’s time with the Bulls has been limited by numerous […]

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I’m a bad guy. When I heard that singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett fell off a concert stage during a show in Sydney, Australia and was admitted to a hospital, I could only think that he walked off the stage in a coma induced by his music.

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I don’t like to criticize casting choices in movies, even if I care that the movie is good. For example, I thought the people who complained about Daniel Craig being James Bond before “Casino Royale” came out weren’t giving him a chance (and he was very good in that film and the problems with “Quantum […]

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Ever since the Bears and Packers won their NFC Divisional Playoff games last weekend, the hype has been off the board. Pictures of Halas and Lombardi graced the papers; Butkus, Bart Starr, President Obama, and Mike Ditka have all chimed in on who they are rooting for. “The Biggest Game in the History of the […]

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Currently on Amazon.com’s best seller lists is “My Father At 100” by his son Ron. There are at least two other books that have been released in the past few weeks to commemorate the 40th president and of course, the conservatives are once again trying to engage in rewriting history to make the man a […]

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• I hate to say this about a black man, but former Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley is nuts. I said so when the cubs signed him; all the time he played here; and after he left for Seattle. Well, Bradley is in trouble again, this time with the law. Earlier this week, he was arrested […]

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• Auburn’s Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Cam Newton announced that he would forego his senior season and enter this April’s NFL Draft No s#$%! I’m surprised he didn’t make the announcement at midfield right after the ball went through the uprights in Auburn’s 22-19 win in the National championship game. • By the way, will […]

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